Kingston DataTraveler 101 Gen2 with urDrive 16 GB USB 2.0 (Black)

 (25 customer reviews)

I like this Kingston DataTraveler so much I purchased two more for other file categories. The ultra compact size and the flexible cover that protects the USB "head" are great features. I highly recommend it.

I bought this because I was looking for something with a larger storage capacity than my other Kingston Data Traveler (4 gb) to carry personal files with me and still have room to transfer larger files from computer to computer. I was sold on the idea of having portable apps built into the flash-drive, however, I was disappointed to find that this would not work out of the box for me without a Microsoft dot net platform. I reformatted the drive to wipe all the pre-installed files off of it and installed free and open source "Portable Apps v1.6.1.0" [...] which solved the problem for me.

The metal guard is a nice idea but could have been made better. The keychain loop is small, as others have noted, and if you put a smaller ring on it to attach it to your regular keyring or lanyard-- the guard will not swivel to a complete 180 degree position for plugging into your computer (it's skewed and looks awkward when plugged in this way, and if you have another USB port next to it...Read more

I got this on sale for $25, and it surprised me. Very fast drive, no drive cap (so i won't be losing it), very light and tons of capacity. Only cons for me is that it comes with some embedded software for media manipulation (no biggie, but i don't use it :P)